Unemployment

Unemployment in Crewe and Nantwich District

All regions follow similar trends; local and regional trends are influenced by the national economic environment which is in turn subject to the global atmosphere. the following graph illustrates this point.

Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright, 2004.

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Crewe and Nantwich has unemployment rates that are consistently lower than both the North West and England and Wales.
the December unemployment rate was around 1.2% based on residency count. (See note²)

	December 2004		December 2003		December 2002		December 2001		December 2000
	Num	%	Num	%	Num	%	Num	%	Num	%
Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council	830	1.2	1069	1.6	1027	1.5	1214	1.8	1208	1.8
Cheshire	4485	1.1	5633	1.4	5805	1.4	6454	1.6	6731	1.6
North West	93433	2.2	103208	2.5	112956	2.7	119820	2.9	126939	3.1
England and Wales	696306	2.1	760933	2.3	787899	2.4	809388	2.5	863440	2.7

Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright, 2004.

Unemployment in Crewe and Nantwich has fallen by around 40% over the last four years.
Of those unemployed, the 25-34 age group represents the highest proportion (25%) of total unemployment claims. the 20-24 age group, the 35-44 age group and the over 50 age group each account for approximately 19% of total unemployment claimants.

Unemployment is unequally distributed throughout the wards; Alexandra, St. Barnabas and Grosvenor all have unemployment levels above 3.0 percent.
Grossvenor has the highest level of unemployment in the Borough at 4.7 percent. St. Alexandra is the next highest at 3.5 percent and St Barnabas at 3.1 percent. Fourteen of the twenty seven wards have unemployment rates lower than 1%.

Source: Cheshire Current Facts and Figures, Cheshire County Council.

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90% of those unemployed find work within one year.
Evidence suggests that there is little long term unemployment hysteresis; only 1% of those unemployed have been so for 5 years or more.
77% of those unemployed have been unemployed for less than six months; 14% have been unemployed for six to twelve months; 6% have been unemployed for one to two years; of those unemployed only 2% have been so for over two years.

Duration of Unemployed Claimants Crewe & Nantwich

Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright, 2004.

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Notes:

Comparisons of unemployment over time can be problematic due to boundary changes, changes in the benefit system as well as changes in the methodology of measurement.
From December 2002, ONS has withdrawn its work force based claimant count unemployment rates and replaced them with residence based unemployment rates. these show claimant count figures as a proportion of the resident working age population. In most areas, the effect of this has been to reduce the unemployment rate even when claimant counts have remained the same. therefore, comparisons of unemployment rates cannot be made with figures prior December 2002.
Since 1999, age and duration of unemployment analysis has only taken account of computerised claims which is about 99% of all claimants. Comparison with data before 2000 cannot be made.

Sources: Cheshire Current Facts and Figures, Cheshire County Council; Nomisweb, Office for National Statistics.Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland: licence number C02W0005114.

Unemployment

Unemployment in Crewe and Nantwich District

All regions follow similar trends; local and regional trends are influenced by the national economic environment which is in turn subject to the global atmosphere. the following graph illustrates this point.

Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright, 2004.

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Crewe and Nantwich has unemployment rates that are consistently lower than both the North West and England and Wales.
the December unemployment rate was around 1.2% based on residency count. (See note²)

	December 2004		December 2003		December 2002		December 2001		December 2000
	Num	%	Num	%	Num	%	Num	%	Num	%
Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council	830	1.2	1069	1.6	1027	1.5	1214	1.8	1208	1.8
Cheshire	4485	1.1	5633	1.4	5805	1.4	6454	1.6	6731	1.6
North West	93433	2.2	103208	2.5	112956	2.7	119820	2.9	126939	3.1
England and Wales	696306	2.1	760933	2.3	787899	2.4	809388	2.5	863440	2.7

Unemployment in Crewe and Nantwich has fallen by around 40% over the last four years.
Of those unemployed, the 25-34 age group represents the highest proportion (25%) of total unemployment claims. the 20-24 age group, the 35-44 age group and the over 50 age group each account for approximately 19% of total unemployment claimants.

Unemployment is unequally distributed throughout the wards; Alexandra, St. Barnabas and Grosvenor all have unemployment levels above 3.0 percent.
Grossvenor has the highest level of unemployment in the Borough at 4.7 percent. St. Alexandra is the next highest at 3.5 percent and St Barnabas at 3.1 percent. Fourteen of the twenty seven wards have unemployment rates lower than 1%.

Source: Cheshire Current Facts and Figures, Cheshire County Council.

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90% of those unemployed find work within one year.
Evidence suggests that there is little long term unemployment hysteresis; only 1% of those unemployed have been so for 5 years or more.
77% of those unemployed have been unemployed for less than six months; 14% have been unemployed for six to twelve months; 6% have been unemployed for one to two years; of those unemployed only 2% have been so for over two years.

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Notes:

Comparisons of unemployment over time can be problematic due to boundary changes, changes in the benefit system as well as changes in the methodology of measurement.
From December 2002, ONS has withdrawn its work force based claimant count unemployment rates and replaced them with residence based unemployment rates. these show claimant count figures as a proportion of the resident working age population. In most areas, the effect of this has been to reduce the unemployment rate even when claimant counts have remained the same. therefore, comparisons of unemployment rates cannot be made with figures prior December 2002.
Since 1999, age and duration of unemployment analysis has only taken account of computerised claims which is about 99% of all claimants. Comparison with data before 2000 cannot be made.

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